Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-20
a RAILWAY PRESIDENT DEAD.

| eyes was the cause of his sudden taking
| off Philadelphia Press.
| A RAILWAY PRESIDENT DEAD.
| SUDDEN DEATH OF ALEXANDER MITCHELL
! OF THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST.
PAUL.
NEW YORK, April I@.-Alexander
Mitchell of Milwaukee died at the Hoff-
man house at 2:3O p. m. this afternoon of
pneumonia. Mr.. Mitchen's son, j. L.
MITCHELL is also at the Hoffman house
suffering from pneumonia. Mr.. Mitchell
arrived in the city Wednesday. The
news reached Wall street before 3
O'Clock and caused q break in the market,
which occurred just before the close.
NEW YORK, April 19.-AIeXander
Mitchell, president of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul Railroad, died at
2:30 O'CLOCK this afternoon at the Hoff-
man house, where he had been stopping
for the last two weeks. The immediate
cause of his death was The failure o. the
action of the heart. Since December he
had been at Alexandriaville, near Jack
sOnville, Fla. When he came to this CITY
with Rev. Keene of Milwaukee two weeks
ago he had unusually good health. For
some time he had been troubled from i'm
peded action of his heart. Last Wednes-
day evening he went out and afterwards
had chill. He caught a severe cold,
which developed into bronchial pneu-
mOnia and directly affected the hearts
action and caused death. His remains
have been ehbalmed, and will be taken to
Milwaukee in his private car, leaving the
Grand Central depot about p. m. to-
morrow, and arriving at its destination
2:30 p. m. Friday. The death of
Mr.. Mitchell was both a surprise
and a shock to his many friends
in this city. Although quite
il since Friday night no apprehension of
serious termination was felt by the at
! tending physicians until II O'Clock to-day.
Many prominent railway men called at
the hotel this afternoon, also number of
the board OF directors, who will hold a
special meeting st the Office of the COM
parry tomorrow. DR.. Keene to-day said
the death of Mr.. Mitchell would be more
severely felt than that of almost anyone
! in the northwest. In this city he was
widely known not only in railway and
! financial circles, but in the social world
| He was q member of the Union Club and
also of the Manhattan.
Mr.. Mitchell was born in Aberdeen,
| Scotland, in 1918. He came to this
country and settled in Milwaukee in 1889.
He at once became identified with the
Wisconsin Fire, Marine and Insurance
Bank, of which he was president. In
| 1849 he became connected with railroad
| ing and Letter was made president of the
| Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail
road. Arrangements for his funeral will
not be made until the arrival
of the remains in Milwaukee.
His wife will proceed direct from Florida,
where she is, to her home. Mr. J 0hn
Mitchell and his wife will aCcomp any the
| body of his father from New York In
politics Mr. Mitchell was a Wing before
the formation of the Republican party,
and was afterward a Republican. He
supported the administration of johnson
and supported HoratiO Seymour for Pres
ldent in 1868. In 1870 he was elected q
member of the Lower House OF
Congress and was reelected in
1872. He afterwards declined further
political service and returned to his bust
ness. In 1876 he was jealous supporter
Of Samuel J. Tilden for President, and it
was well understood that had Tilden
secured the presidency Mitchell would
have been Secretary of the Treasury. He
afterwards declined all political service.
In 1879, while in Europe, he was nomi-
mated by the Wisconsin Democrats for
Governor, but refused to be a candidate.
ARMOUR OUT OF THE QUESTION.
CHICAGO, ILL, April 19.-P. D. Armour
was asked this evening if he could state
who would be the probable successor OF
Alexander Mitchell as president of the
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad. Mr..
Armour answered no, and to the sugges-
ton that he himself might be the man,
replied emphatiCslly that he would not
accept. The law requires the president
to be resident of Wisconsin, q condi-
ton with which Mr., Armour would not
comply. "Neither would l." said he, Gal
low myself to take position which would
entitle every holderIof 100 shares of ST.
Paul stock TO be running into nay office
inquiriDg why did not do this or that"
HOW MILWAUKEE RECEIVED THE NEWS.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, April Let was
not till nearly O'Clock this evening that
credence was given to the news of Alex
Mitchell's death, though rumors to that
effect had been in circulation since noon.
David Ferguson, cashier of Mitchelps
bank, who has been associated with him
for nearly half century, was prostrated
by the news and it was feared at first
that he would not recover as he is very
feeble. The crowds that gathered at the
bank to make inquiries as to his death
were so large that the doors were closed
early in the afternoon, and guards were
stationed to admit none but intimate
friends. The first authentic dispatch |
came from John l.. Mitchell, his son, VINO
was reported to be suffering from a
malady that proved fatal to his father,
and came as a surprise even to the bank
officials, although it was known he was i'll, |
and that his immediate relatives had been